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Record of Grancrest War Anime's 3rd Promo Video Previews Theme Songs

The official website for the television anime of author Ryo Mizuno and illustrator Miyū's Record of Grancrest War (Grancrest Senki) light novel series began streaming the third promotional video for the anime on Tuesday. The video previews Mashiro Ayano's opening theme song "starry" and ASCA's ending theme song "PLEDGE." (Note: The video at the above linked website is region-locked to Japan.)

The website also revealed a new key visual for the anime.

The anime will premiere in Japan on Tokyo MX, Tochigi TV, Gunma TV, and BS11 on January 5. It will then air on TV Aichi on January 9, and on ABC on January 10. Aniplex of America will stream the series on Crunchyroll and Hulu as it airs.

The cast members include (Note: Not all name romanizations are confirmed.):

• Kentarō Kumagai as Theo Cornaro
• Akari Kitō as Siluca Meletes
• Yūichi Nakamura as Irvin
• Reina Ueda as Aishela
• Satoshi Hino as Lassic David
• Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Moreno Dortous
• Natsumi Takamori as Priscilla
• Ai Kayano as Marrine Kreische
• Takahiro Sakurai as Villar Constance
• Wataru Hatano as Milza Kuces
• Yūichi Iguchi as Alexis Doucet
• Minori Suzuki as Emma
• Megumi Nakajima as Luna
• Yūko Kaida as Margret Odeus
• Chika Anzai as Laura Hardley
• Yumi Uchiyama as Helga Pialoza
• Kaede Hondo as Colleen Messala
• Satoshi Mikami as Aubest Meletes
• Ayane Sakura as Layla
• Ari Ozawa as Cammy

Mamoru Hatakeyama (Shōwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjū, Sankarea: Undying Love) is directing the series at A-1 Pictures. Mizuno and tabletop RPG writer Shunsaku Yano are in charge of series composition. WriteWorks is credited with the script, and Hiroshi Yakou (animation director for Prison School, Heavy Object) is designing the characters. Yūgo Kanno (Psycho-Pass, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable) is composing the music, and Yoshikazu Iwanami (Fate/Zero, Kill la Kill) is sound director.

The fantasy action light novel series takes place on a continent ruled by chaos. The chaos breeds disaster, but the Lords of the continent have the power of "CREST" (Holy Seal) that can calm the chaos and protect the people. However, before anyone realizes it, the rulers cast aside their creed of purifying the chaos, and instead start to fight each other for each others' Crests and to gain dominion over one another. The novels center on Siluca, an isolated mage who scorns the Lords for abandoning their creed, and a wandering knight named Theo, who is on a journey to train to one day liberate his hometown, which is under tyrannical rule. Siluca and Theo make an everlasting oath to each other as master and servant, and work together to reform this continent dominated by wars and chaos.

Mizuno and Miyū launched the series in 2013, and Kadokawa shipped the ninth volume on October 20. Mizuno previously wrote the Record of Lodoss War light novel series.

Thanks to Dennis R. for the embedded video.